The results of our short story competition are now in! Given our lockdown status across the country, we will be releasing the results, in reverse order, live on our webinar platform. The live announcement will start at 19:30 (BST) on 6th April, 2020. Please come and join us! Please register to join, completely free of…Continue reading Short Story Results to be Announced Live on 6th April

Writers’ Retreat UK is delighted to announce that it will be running a monthly writers’ group where our members can come together to share their work and seek constructive feedback. The group will run remotely, so our members can join from anywhere in the world, provided they have access to a browser and an internet…Continue reading New Writing Group – Monthly Meet Ups

We have been overwhelmed by the response to our most recent short, short story competition. The entries are out with our readers, at the moment. All entries are read blind with readers having no knowledge of who has written which story. We expect to be able to announce the winners and shortlisted stories by the…Continue reading Short Story Competition – Update on Judging

As you can imagine, we’ve had a few enquiries about how the global spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) could affect our retreats. The first thing to say is: don’t panic! At the moment, the April retreat will be going ahead, as things currently stand. The retreat is taking place in a very secluded location with very…Continue reading Coronavirus – Guidance

Here at Writers’ Retreat UK, our primary aim to provide a range of tools, techniques and resources that will really benefit our writing community. Our members-only site has some great content and our roadmap for further development will deliver much more great content. Interactive content, though, offers a different kind of engagement and we are…Continue reading Coming soon…

Our cosy, seaside retreat tucked away on Scarborough’s South Cliff is now underway. Our writers were settled in, yesterday, and had their first sessions with mentor, Steven Nesbit, which went very well. Monday will see local publisher, Jamie McGarry from Valley Press publisher, come and spend time with our writers, reviewing their work, giving feedback…Continue reading February, 2020 – Seaside Retreat in Full Swing…

Writers’ Retreat UK’s very own Jan Birley (under her writing pseudonym, Josie King), had her one minute monologue performed at the Crescent Theatre, The Vaults in London yesterday in a production that centred around the gender spectrum. SLAMinutes present a range of performance types, including, song, poetry, spoken word, plays and monologues. There were thirty,…Continue reading SLAMinutes Gender: Spectrum – The Performance

Writers’ Retreat UK was delighted to sponsor Film London Lodestars which saw 30 London-based creators and practitioners from across the capital recognised for their work in fields across the spectrum of directors, writers, producers, casting, performers and gaming. Writers’ Retreat sponsored the Writers category.  The event took place in Covent Garden’s h Club and those…Continue reading Film London – Lodestars

Writers’ Retreat UK is delighted to be offering in-kind sponsorship for Film London’s Lodestars. Lodestars recognises the wealth of talent across London’s screen industries celebrating a variety of successes. Writers’ Retreat UK is keen to support great initiatives across the breadth of the writing landscape and offer opportunities for developing writers to have access to…Continue reading Film London: In-Kind Sponsorship

Writers’ Retreat UK’s very own Jan Birley has a performance piece being delivered at the next SLAMinutes evening on Sunday 23rd February in London. SLAM Kings X, who deliver the SLAMinutes performances have selected 30 creative, one-minute works to be performed under the subject of Gender Identity. Not a performer, herself, Jan’s work will be…Continue reading Writers’ Retreat UK does SLAMinutes in London